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1803–1868
Chief Black Kettle (Cheyenne, Moke-tav-a-to) (c. 1803 – November 27, 1868) was a Cheyenne leader who unsuccessfully attempted to resist white settlement from Kansas and Colorado territories. He survived the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 but died in the 1868 Battle of Washita River.
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Although wrongs have been done to me I live in hopes.
The West : Who is the Savage? (2001)
The Cheyennes do not fight at all this side of the Arkansas, but north some young warriors were fired upon and then the fight began.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970)
The white people can go wherever they please and they will not be disturbed by us, and I want you to let them know.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970)
I have always done my best to keep my young men quiet, but some of them will not listen.
Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970)
We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in peace.
All we ask is that we have peace with the whites.
We were once friends with the whites, but you nudged us out of the way by your intrigues, and now when we are in council you keep nudging each other. Why don't you talk, and go straight, and let all be well?
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970)
My shame is as big as the earth, although I will do what my friends advise me to do. I once thought that I was the only man who persevered to be friend of the white man since they have come and cleaned out (robbed) our lodges, horses, and everything else, it is hard for me to believe white men anymore.
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